{"id":30316,"date":"2023-06-22T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/?p=30316"},"modified":"2023-06-21T22:17:31","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T02:17:31","slug":"review-bookshop-cinderella-by-laura-lee-guhrke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/22\/review-bookshop-cinderella-by-laura-lee-guhrke\/","title":{"rendered":"Review \u2764\ufe0f Bookshop Cinderella by Laura Lee Guhrke"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-30316\" data-postid=\"30316\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-30316 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_7v1b173 tb_first tf_w tf_clearfix\">\n\t    \t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner col_align_top gutter-narrow tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n\t\t            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-1 tb_g4hn173 first\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_gzgz173 rounded drop-shadow customBorderRad_top image-center auto_fullwidth tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n\t\t    <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"329\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/bookshop-cinderella-laura-lee-guhrke.jpg?resize=329%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-30318\" title=\"bookshop-cinderella-laura-lee-guhrke\" alt=\"bookshop-cinderella-laura-lee-guhrke\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/bookshop-cinderella-laura-lee-guhrke.jpg?w=329&amp;ssl=1 329w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/bookshop-cinderella-laura-lee-guhrke.jpg?resize=197%2C300&amp;ssl=1 197w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/bookshop-cinderella-laura-lee-guhrke.jpg?resize=400%2C607&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 329px) 100vw, 329px\" \/>\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n    \t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_15ux173 customBorderRad_bottom repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Evie Harlow runs a quaint little bookshop in London, which is the biggest adventure an unmarried woman with no prospects could hope for. Until Maximillian Shaw, Duke of Westbourne, saunters into her shop with a proposition: to win a bet with his friends, he\u2019ll turn her into the diamond of the season. The duke might be devilishly attractive, but Evie has no intention of accepting his ludicrous offer. When disaster strikes her shop, however, she\u2019s left with little choice but to let herself be whisked into his high-society world.<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Always happy to help a lady in distress, Max thinks he\u2019s saving Evie from her dull spinster\u2019s life. He\u2019ll help her find a husband and congratulate himself on a job well done. But as shy Evie becomes the shining star he always knew she could be, she somehow steals his heart. And when her reputation is threatened, can Max convince her to choose a glittering, aristocratic life with him over the cozy comfort of her bookshop?<\/span><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-2 tb_a3q4173 last\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_qdbr173  repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25881 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/smitten-recommends-banner-1.png?resize=296%2C72\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong> Jun 20, 2023<br \/><strong>Series:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Scandal at the Savoy<br \/><\/em><strong>Book:\u00a0<\/strong>1<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong> Hot<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> Hachette Book Group<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong> Forever\u00a0<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $10.99<\/p><hr \/><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>A duke with a tendency for good deeds, and a bookshop owner who needs a bit of escape, bring us another Pygmalion tale with a twist.<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">Of course, this story format has been done a million times, and at first, I honestly believed that Guhrke\u2019s <strong>Duke of Westbourne<\/strong> was going to make me angry. Any man wagering on a woman\u2019s beauty, lack of or unrealized, should probably be given a good smack. Imagine my surprise when this Duke with a heart of gold decides not only to wager, but to tell the heroine he\u2019s done so! Cue the need for popcorn, a soda, and a comfortable seat. I\u2019m finishing this book in one sitting.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">I dug into the tale of <strong>Evie Harlow<\/strong>, who runs her father\u2019s bookshop. It\u2019s not a popular one but does provide well-known old books for collectors. To make ends meet, Evie has been running herself ragged with odd jobs on top of the bookshop biz. This woman might be the queen of historical hustle culture. Doing everything within her capable brain, short of selling her body and her bookstore, to successfully pay the bills.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">When <strong>Westbourne<\/strong> shows up with an opportunity for her, albeit one she should probably refuse, it\u2019s too good to turn down. The offer includes a new wardrobe and a vacation from her real life for a short time. Fully funded with no strings, only to attend a charity ball and dance every dance. Evie does what any over-worked, exhausted woman would do&#8230; she says yes.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">What unfolds is the slow-burn romance between two people who are not right for each other at all. Definitely an opposites attract, as Evie and Westbourne have many other plans that don\u2019t include being together. Though I loved watching them fall for one another as Westbourne provides private dancing lessons between Evie\u2019s outings among the ton.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">While the building of the romance drove me crazy, I respected the evolution as what was needed based on the character\u2019s past. Add in a villain I absolutely couldn\u2019t stand, a true heroine conquering her fears, and I really enjoyed this book. It had similar elements to the Pygmalion trope but gave a completely different twist that I thoroughly enjoyed.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">Overall, this worked as a great standalone and is a good entry for the first in a new series. I\u2019m eager to see what comes next and for whom. If you love Victorian-style romance, dukes, and opposites attract, you can\u2019t go wrong with this one.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>~ Landra<\/em><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_6dkx173 customBorderRad repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3qYzvRS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a><\/span><span class=\"s2\">\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apple.co\/44c5Qmt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">iBooks<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/bookshop-cinderella-laura-lee-guhrke\/1142422519?ean=9781538722626\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">B&amp;N<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/bookshop-cinderella\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Kobo<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Laura_Lee_Guhrke_Bookshop_Cinderella?id=hoOSEAAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Google Play<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n            \t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t<\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Evie Harlow runs a quaint little bookshop in London, which is the biggest adventure an unmarried woman with no prospects could hope for. 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Until Maximillian Shaw, Duke of Westbourne, saunters into her shop with a proposition: to win a bet with his friends, he\u2019ll turn her into the diamond of the season. The duke might be devilishly attractive, but Evie has no intention of accepting his ludicrous offer. When disaster strikes her shop, however, she\u2019s left with little choice but to let herself be whisked into his high-society world.<br \/><br \/>Always happy to help a lady in distress, Max thinks he\u2019s saving Evie from her dull spinster\u2019s life. He\u2019ll help her find a husband and congratulate himself on a job well done. But as shy Evie becomes the shining star he always knew she could be, she somehow steals his heart. And when her reputation is threatened, can Max convince her to choose a glittering, aristocratic life with him over the cozy comfort of her bookshop?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/smitten-recommends-banner-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong> Jun 20, 2023<br \/><strong>Series:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Scandal at the Savoy<br \/><\/em><strong>Book:\u00a0<\/strong>1<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong> Hot<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> Hachette Book Group<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong> Forever\u00a0<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $10.99<\/p><hr \/><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>A duke with a tendency for good deeds, and a bookshop owner who needs a bit of escape, bring us another Pygmalion tale with a twist.<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">Of course, this story format has been done a million times, and at first, I honestly believed that Guhrke\u2019s <strong>Duke of Westbourne<\/strong> was going to make me angry. Any man wagering on a woman\u2019s beauty, lack of or unrealized, should probably be given a good smack. Imagine my surprise when this Duke with a heart of gold decides not only to wager, but to tell the heroine he\u2019s done so! Cue the need for popcorn, a soda, and a comfortable seat. I\u2019m finishing this book in one sitting.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">I dug into the tale of <strong>Evie Harlow<\/strong>, who runs her father\u2019s bookshop. It\u2019s not a popular one but does provide well-known old books for collectors. To make ends meet, Evie has been running herself ragged with odd jobs on top of the bookshop biz. This woman might be the queen of historical hustle culture. Doing everything within her capable brain, short of selling her body and her bookstore, to successfully pay the bills.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">When <strong>Westbourne<\/strong> shows up with an opportunity for her, albeit one she should probably refuse, it\u2019s too good to turn down. The offer includes a new wardrobe and a vacation from her real life for a short time. Fully funded with no strings, only to attend a charity ball and dance every dance. Evie does what any over-worked, exhausted woman would do... she says yes.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">What unfolds is the slow-burn romance between two people who are not right for each other at all. Definitely an opposites attract, as Evie and Westbourne have many other plans that don\u2019t include being together. Though I loved watching them fall for one another as Westbourne provides private dancing lessons between Evie\u2019s outings among the ton.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">While the building of the romance drove me crazy, I respected the evolution as what was needed based on the character\u2019s past. Add in a villain I absolutely couldn\u2019t stand, a true heroine conquering her fears, and I really enjoyed this book. It had similar elements to the Pygmalion trope but gave a completely different twist that I thoroughly enjoyed.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">Overall, this worked as a great standalone and is a good entry for the first in a new series. I\u2019m eager to see what comes next and for whom. If you love Victorian-style romance, dukes, and opposites attract, you can\u2019t go wrong with this one.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>~ Landra<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3qYzvRS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apple.co\/44c5Qmt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iBooks<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/bookshop-cinderella-laura-lee-guhrke\/1142422519?ean=9781538722626\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">B&amp;N<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/bookshop-cinderella\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kobo<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Laura_Lee_Guhrke_Bookshop_Cinderella?id=hoOSEAAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Play<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30316"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30326,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30316\/revisions\/30326"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}